asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will discuss with the appropriate authorities the possibility of arranging teacher training courses for day students with timetables planned to enable married women with children of school age to attend lectures during school hours.

Many mothers with childdren of school age are already attending training colleges as day students, in particular the eight day colleges which cater especially for older students and have adapted their arrangements as far as they can to meet the special requirements of married women. It is not practicable for the colleges to arrange full-time training courses that would allow married women with young children to leave and return home during school hours, particularly in view of the amount of travelling that is often involved, but my right hon. Friend is at present exploring the possibility of arranging part-time courses for married women and others whose circumstances prevent them from undertaking full-time courses of teacher training.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will examine the present arrangements for parent participation in decisions affecting their children's education through parent-teacher associations, representations on education committees, and in other ways, with a view to improving present facilities in this respect.

My right hon. Friend welcomes any measures to improve participation by parents, either singly or collectively, in decisions affecting their children's education. In general, however, he thinks that it is best in this matter to leave changes to local initiative.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the number of students now in residence at the University College, Bangor, who were born in Wales and outside Wales, respectively; and if he will make a statement.

At present there are 1,836 students at Bangor University College. I regret that information is not available about where these students were born.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether, since the proposals of the local education authority for comprehensive education are opposed by all the teachers' professional associations in Liverpool, as well as by many parents, he will hold a public inquiry into the proposals before making his decision.

The Liverpool Authority's scheme of secondary school re-organisation involves proposals of which public notice has to be given and my approval obtained under Section 13 of the 1944 Education Act, as amended. This procedure allows for objections to be submitted to me in writing and thus gives opportunity for different points of view to be made known and considered. I am sure this is the right way to proceed in present circumstances.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the shortage of grammar school places in Bournemouth.

No.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will obtain and then publish statistics as to the rate of turnover in the staffs of comprehensive schools as compared with the rate of turnover in the staffs of grammar schools.

The records of teachers have recently been transferred to an electronic computer. This will yield more detailed analysis than hitherto of the entry and wastage of teachers in different types of establishment, as well as new information on movement of teachers from one school to another. The extent of the analysis for 1963–64 is now under consideration and the main results will be published in Statistics of Education 1964 sometime next year.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will inquire into the possibility of setting up an Education Staff College for teachers and administrators from all the various fields of education, on the lines of the Administrative Staff College.

A staff college for further education is already in being at Blagdon, near Bristol. I will certainly consider whether it would be useful to extend this idea to other sectors of education.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will take steps to see that the services of part-time married woman teachers count proportionately for superannuation purposes.

My officers, in co-operation with selected local education authorities, are at present carrying out a survey of all aspects of part-time service. When the results are available my right hon. Friend will seek the views of all concerned, in particular about the desire for and value of pension provisions for part-time teachers.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will invite the University Grants Committee to publish their views on the chief factors which governed their decision not to recommend the choice of the Inverness site for the proposed new university in Scotland.

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I have given today to the hon. Member for Inverness (Mr. Russell Johnston).

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what progress has been made in his discussions with the University Grants Committee and the Minister of Housing and Local Government upon the possibility of special grants being made to Oxford and Cambridge colleges through the University Grants Committee in lieu of rates.

The question of the colleges' rates is, at any rate in the first place, a matter for my right hon. Friend the Minister of Housing and Local Government and I understand he is at present considering it.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if Parliamentary Questions relating to education for business management and administration should be directed to his Department.

Questions relating to courses at Scottish non-university institutions should be addressed to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland. In all other cases such Questions should be addressed to me.

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will give details of representations received by his Department from the County Borough of West Ham at the previous Government's action in cutting back their school-building programme; whether a deputation from the Council was received by his Department; and whether he will make a statement.

A deputation from the West Ham Authority told my Department on 22nd October that the programmes approved were inadequate to meet their needs. The authority are now considering whether to substitute one school instead of another in their programme. They were informed that a minor work project to complete St. Joachim's school would be approved.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now agree to transfer the remains of Sir Roger Casement and to return all documents that belonged to him to Ireland.

I would refer my hon. Friend to the Answer which I gave yesterday to a Question by my hon. Friend the Member for West Ham, North (Mr. A. Lewis).

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what inquiry he has made into the persistent violence in Wakefield Prison; what has been the result; and if he will make a statement.

So far this year there have been two serious assaults by prisoners against officers in Wakefield Prison, and eight against other prisoners. One of these, which ended fatally, is the subject of current proceedings in the criminal courts; in one other case the prisoner has been transferred under the Mental Health Act; the remaining cases were investigated and dealt with by the Board of Visitors. Much as my right hon. Friend regrets these occurrences he does not consider that any special action on his part is called for at present.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Commonwealth immigrants arrived in this country during 1964 to the latest convenient date; what were the comparable figures for 1963; what action he proposes to take to increase or decrease these numbers; and if he will make a statement.

The net inflow of Commonwealth citizens during the first nine months of 1964 was 69,807, and the comparable figure for 1963 was 56,137. I have as yet no statement to make as to any change in the present arrangements.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce legislation to allow returning officers to add to the electoral register the names of those who have been omitted in error in order that they may be entitled to vote without awaiting the compilation of a new register.

This is one of the proposals for electoral reform which we are considering.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will call a conference with a view to introducing legislation to enfranchise those who are away on holiday on the date of an election.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to ensure that people who are away on holiday shall be entitled to postal votes at general elections.

I would refer the hon. Members to the reply which my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister gave on 10th November to Questions by my hon. Friends the Member for Fife, West (Mr. W. Hamilton) and the Member for Barking (Mr. Driberg).

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the estimated numbers of crimes of violence against the person in the first half of 1964; what were the comparable figures for the first half of 1938; and what action he proposes to take to deal with this problem.

The number of offences of violence against the person known to the police in England and Wales in the first half of 1964 was 10,971. I regret that the corresponding figure for 1938 is not available. The figures for the complete years 1963 and 1938 are 20,083 and 2,721, respectively. The immediate task, to which I am giving urgent attention, is to build up police strength. I am also undertaking a review of the equipment, organisation and methods best adapted to enable the police effectively to combat crime.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will introduce legislation to simplify further the present situation regarding safety standards for British and imported toys, so that manufacturers will have a clearer guide to the required standards.

A code of Safety Requirements for Children's Toys is clearly set out in British Standard B.S. 3443 of 1961. Manufacturers and importers in this country are well aware of the Code, and I have no reason to believe that they find it unsatisfactory. Regulations are being prepared to give statutory backing to the more important safety requirements in the Code.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what length of time elapses between the time a fingerprint is submitted to the Criminal Record Office and its identification.

The search for a complete set of prints can take between six and thirty minutes; the search for a single print in the single collection can take between ten mintues and five hours. The time taken to search for a single print through the main collection, which consists of sets of ten prints, will depend on a number of factors and may vary widely.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware of the nuisance to residents and danger to motorists of lorries being parked for long periods, including all night and weekends, in residential roads and streets in London; and whether he will take steps to end this practice.

I am informed by the Commissioner of Police that where breaches of the law due to parked lorries are observed the police take suitable action. Nuisance is not of itself a ground for police action.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will make a statement on his recent discussions with Dr. Cheddi Jagan of British Guiana.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement about his talks with Dr. Jagan, the Prime Minister of British Guiana.

I had a preliminary talk with Dr. Jagan on 22nd October and a longer meeting on 29th. The main subjects discussed were the electoral system and law and order. I told Dr. Jagan that it would not be possible to postpone the forthcoming election. We are, however, inviting a number of Commonwealth Governments to nominate members of a group of observers to watch and report to me on the conduct of the elections.Dr.Jagan criticised the security forces, particularly the police. I said that I had confidence in the Security Forces and that without the good discipline which the police had shown during the disturbances this year the situation might have been very much worse. But it is a fact that Africans far outnumber Indians in the police force and that there is imbalance between the races in several other spheres as well, sometimes to the advantage of one race, sometimes to the advantage of the other. I am therefore making arrangements to send a study group to examine the problem and, where necessary, suggest remedies.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what was the per capita income of the inhabitants of the Fiji Islands at the most recent date; and if he will make a statement about the future development of this Colony, economically and constitutionally.

In 1963 the estimated per capita income in Fiji was £(Fijian)100. The current five year Development Plan (a copy of which is in the Library of the House) provides for government capital expenditure of £(Fijian) 15 million devoted to social and economic development, with priority for an intensive programme of land settlement and increased agricultural production.Under the "Membership" system of government introduced in July, elected representatives are closely associated with the formation of government policy and its presentation in the Legislative Council. A conference in London is planned for the early summer of 1965 to consider the lines of further constitutional progress.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement on the constitutional future of Aden and his talks with the High Commissioner.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will make a statement about the convening of a further conference on constitutional developments in the Federation of South Arabia.

Now that the election in Aden has been held and a Government has been formed there, we shall proceed as soon as possible with the further constitutional conference envisaged in paragraph 32 of the report of the South Arabian Conference held in June and July (Cmnd. 2414).I hope to visit South Arabia later this month in order to become better acquainted with the problems of the area. I shall have talks with the political leaders and one of the matters I propose to discuss is the date of the constitutional conference. Meanwhile I am having general discussions with the High Commissioner, who is at present in this country.

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether grant-in-aid to dependent territories will continue to be administered through his Department.

Yes.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what are Her Majesty's Government's proposals for expanding British trade with Spain.

The full range of our export promotion services is available for this promising market.

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the fact that the travel industry is estimated to be Great Britain's fourth largest earner of overseas currency, he will take steps to extend to the British hotel industry some financial incentives to improve their facilities for the attraction and accommodation of visitors from overseas.

My right hon. Friend is not at present convinced that this is necessary or practicable, but he will carefully consider any proposals or arguments which may be put to him.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state the volume of orders in British shipyards during each of the last 10 years for each shipyard; and what are his plans for further financial assistance to keep busy those yards in need of a renewal of State help.

Figures of orders for individual shipyards are confidential, but the total new orders received by the British shipbuilding industry during the last ten years were as follows:

				Gross tons
1954	…	…	…	634,000
1955	…	…	…	2,328,000
1956	…	…	…	2,475,000
1957	…	…	…	1,679,000
1958	…	…	…	497,000
1959	…	…	…	319,000
1960	…	…	…	627,000
1961	…	…	…	748,000
1962	…	…	…	610,000
1963	…	…	…	1,523,000

I am making a complete re-appraisal of the shipbuilding industry and this will take some time.

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will take steps to introduce compulsory registration of travel agents on conditions which will ensure the reliability of the firm and its arrangements.

My right hon. Friend is studying this matter and will arrange for the Government's conclusions to be made known as soon as possible.

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that during the spring of 1965 there is to be held the Leipzig Trade Fair; and, as this will be the 800th year for such trade fairs, if he will visit Leipzig during this Fair.

No. Her Majesty's Government do not recognise the East German authorities and it would not be in accord with this policy for a Minister to attend this or any other fair organised by the East German authorities.

asked the President of the Board of Trade what invitation he extended, during his recent visit to China, to representatives of trade and industry in China to visit Great Britain; and what reply he received.

During my visit to China, I extended invitations to the Minister of Foreign Trade and to the Chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, to visit Britain as guests of Her Majesty's Government. No replies have yet been received to these invitations. I also confirmed invitations previously given to the Head of the Western European Department of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Trade and to the directors of three State Trading Corporations. These latter invitations have been accepted in principle, though precise dates for the visits have not yet been fixed.

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will make a statement on his recent visit to the British Trade Fair in Peking; what action he proposes to take to increase trade between China and Great Britain; and whether this will include the introduction of long-term credits and an alteration in the strategic embargo list.

At the invitation of the Government of the People's Republic of China, I recently spent five days in that country during which time I opened the British Industrial Exhibition in Peking on 2nd November. While I was in Peking I had general discussions on trade matters with the Chinese authorities, and in these discussions I emphasised that it is Her Majesty's Government's policy to encourage the expansion of peaceful trade with China.The Chinese authorities raised the matter of the strategic embargo, but I am satisfied that this constitutes no major obstacle to the development of our trade with China. The list of goods subject to embargo is constantly under review with our COCOM partners.As to long-term credits, the Chinese authorities are aware that Financial Guarantee facilities are in principle available for the Chinese market, as they are for all other markets for which E.C.G.D. cover is available.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the progress being made with the Bellshill Industrial Estate.

Arrangements are now being made for the laying of estate roads and the carrying out of other necessary civil engineering work on the new industrial estate at Bellshill in preparation for the building of factories.

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the Government's proposals for legislation to compel companies to publish details of their contributions to political parties will include contributions to organisations which, while not themselves companies or political parties, engage in political activities.

I must ask my hon. Friend to await details of the proposals.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether imported box boards for the manufacture of fish-boxes will be subject to the 15 per cent. levy.

The boards for most kinds of fish-boxes are exempt from the temporary charge on imports as unplanned sawn timber over five millimetres thick; but if they are imported in sets for making up into boxes they are chargeable.

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether in view of Northern Ireland's position as a centre of the man-made fibre industry, he will revise his list of raw materials exempted from the 15 per cent. surcharge to include imports not available in the United Kingdom and used in the manmade fibre industries.

I have been asked to reply.The temporary import charge is intended to apply widely over the field of manufactured and semi-manufactured materials, whether or not they are produced in the United Kingdom. It would not accord with the aim of the scheme, which is to improve the balance of payments situation, nor would it be equitable generally, to exempt particular materials on grounds such as the hon. Member has put forward.

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will remove the 15 per cent. impost on raw materials needed for the production of man-made fibre by factories in South Antrim since this raw material can only be obtained from abroad.

I have been asked to reply. I would refer the hon. Member to the Answer to the previous Question.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the United Kingdom being a signatory to an agreement in 1950 to grant duty-free entry for books and other educational publications, he will exempt from the import charge of 15 per cent. books and other education materials required by teacher-training colleges and similar educational institutions.

As my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in the House on 11th November, books and other educational publications will be exempt from the import charge.

asked the Minister of Public Building and Works where and at what cost the new Departments are to be accommodated.

The new Departments are, or will be, housed in the following buildings:

• Department of Economic Affairs—Storey's Gate, S.W.1
• Ministry of Land and Natural Resources—Gwydyr House, Whitehall, and elsewhere
• Ministry of Technology—Millbank Tower, Millbank, S.W.1
• Ministry of Overseas Development—Eland House, and elsewhere
• Welsh Office—47 Parliament Street.

The only additional accommodation hired since the Government took office to accommodate new Departments costs about £100,000 per annum. The cost of preparing and furnishing accommodation for all the new Departments is estimated at about £160,000.

asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what progress is being made to secure the setting up of a Commonwealth Secretariat in accordance with the decision of the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' meeting last July.

My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister is in touch with his Commonwealth colleagues about the timing of the meeting of senior Commonwealth officials who are to consider this question. There is likely to be general agreement that these discussions should be held early in January next.

asked the Minister of Transport if he will introduce further legislation which would extend the arrangements for the provision of free transport facilities to apply to private omnibus undertakings where these form part of a public transport system.

I have no proposals for this.

asked the Minister of Transport if he will take steps to prevent the closure of Frizinghall and Manningham stations on the Bradford to Ilkley line.

Consent was given to the closure of these stations on 10th September, and I explained in my statement on 4th November that I have no power to withdraw a consent once given.

asked the Minister of Transport what are his intentions regarding the proposed withdrawal of passenger services between Stanley and Kinnaber Junction.

The Railways Board has not so far given notice of a proposal to withdraw these services. Any future proposal will be dealt with in accordance with the general policy set out in my statement of 4th November.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he is aware of the increased number of terminations of tenancies and notices to quit now being served on tenants in the London area following the General Election; and whether he will introduce legislation to protect tenants against eviction and exorbitant rents, to be retrospective to 15th October.

I would draw my hon. Friend's attention to the Protection from Eviction Bill, the text of which is available today.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he has received the report of the committee sitting under the chairmanship of Sir Milner Holland; and when he expects to receive this report.

£ million
	1959–60	1960–61	1961–62	1962–63	1963–64	1964–65
1. Total estimated relevant expenditure for general grant	723·48	769·80	846·88	929·81*	1,051·08†	1,106·69†
2. Estimated relevant expenditure on education	611·981	654·51	713·90	785·33*	891·25†	936·90†
3. Item 2 as percentage of item 1	84·59	85·02	84·30	84·46	84·79	84·66
* The difference of £6·48 million between these figures and those shown in the Reports on the relevant orders is the estimated cost of transferring responsibility for colleges of advanced technology from local authorities to central government.
† These figures exclude the estimated cost of accommodation for the aged and infirm, which was shown in the appendix to the report on the General Grant (Increase) Order, 1963; but they take account of estimated savings in interest rates which were not included in that appendix.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether

I would refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to a Question by my hon. Friend the Member for West Ham, North (Mr. A. Lewis) on 10th November.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he has received the report on hardship as a result of rating; and when it will be published.

The committee appointed to assess the impact of rates on households is expected to report very shortly, but printing will take some weeks and publication is therefore unlikely before early next year.

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what is the proportion of local government expenditure under grant-aided services which is attributable to education within general grant orders, or where applicable taking the general grant orders together with their respective general grant increase orders, for the years 1959–60 to 1964–65, inclusive.

The required information is as follows. The figures take increase orders into account.he has yet received the report of the Working Party on the general grants order; and if he will arrange for this report to be published well in advance of the next general grant order coming before the House.

No report was required of the working party. Their study of the stautory structure of the distribution formula for general grant was overtaken by the general review of central and local government finance and is being considered as part of that review.

asked the Prime Minister what arrangements he is making for the transacting of parliamentary business by those Ministers who do not at present sit in either House of Parliament.

No special temporary arrangements are necessary for the Foreign Secretary, since he is admirably represented in this House by my hon. Friends the Ministers of State.I announced the temporary arrangement for the Minister of Technology in reply to a Question by the hon. Member for Hendon, North (Sir Ian Orr-Ewing) on Tuesday.

asked the Prime Minister whether he will arrange to give a radio and television broadcast at quarterly or other regular intervals on the progress of the country's economy.

I appreciate my hon. Friend's intention, but I would prefer to feel free to do a Ministerial broadcast whenever the situation seemed to demand it, subject to the accepted right of the Opposition to make application for the right to reply whenever the content seemed controversial.

asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that Scottish Questions will not reach the top of the list until Wednesday 16th December and that thereafter there will be no further opportunity of asking the Secretary of State an Oral Question until 1965; and whether he will put before the House proposals to remedy this.

Scottish Questions were top of the list in the last week of the last Session. I sympathise with the desire of the hon. and gallant Member to get some better answers on Scottish Questions as soon as possible. But the only fair solution we have been able to arrive at is to follow on where the old roster ended, with minor changes to take account of the new departments.

asked the Prime Minister if he will state the cost of the additional Ministries and advisory posts which he has created.

My hon. and learned Friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury gave the information asked for in the last part of this Question in reply to the hon. Member for Dorset, North (Sir Richard Glyn) on 10th November. The annual cost of the expenses of the new Departments is estimated at just under £4 million, but this will be in a large measure offset by the saving on the Department of Technical Co-operation and by a reduction in the business of other Departments.

asked the Prime Minister whether it is his policy to proceed with the plan to amalgamate the Colonial Office with the Commonwealth Relations Office during the course of next year.

I hope to make a statement about this in the near future.

asked the Prime Minister when he expects to initiate discussions for the revision of the Nassau Agreement on the Polaris submarine.

As was made clear in the Gracious Speech, Her Majesty's Government intend to make constructive proposals for renewing the inter-dependence of the Alliance in relation to nuclear weapons. I cannot at present say what these proposals will contain or when they will be made.

asked the Prime Minister whether he will seek to make arrangements whereby hon. Members who are unable to be present to vote in person can submit their vote in writing to the Clerk of the House of Commons, provided such vote is delivered to the Table Office or the Clerk one hour before the actual calling of a division.

I suggest that the hon Gentleman should refer his proposal to the promised Select Committee on Procedure about which I understand my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House will soon be making proposals.

asked the Prime Minister what duties are assigned to the Minister without Portfolio in this House.

It is proposed to establish under my noble Friend the Lord Chancellor a Law Commission to deal with Law Reform, and keep the law under constant review. My hon. Friend the Minister without Portfolio will be the representative in this House for the work of this Commission when established.My hon. Friend will also assist in such duties with regard to legislation as may from time to time be assigned to him.My hon. Friend the Minister without Portfolio will answer in this House for the departmental responsibilities of my noble Friend the Lord Chancellor with regard to Law Reform, Legal Aid, Land Registration, the Public Trustee and the Public Records Office.

asked the Minister of Health how many types of invalid tricycles are available at Stoke Mandeville for issue; and how many are available at his Welsh department.

Six types of powered tricycles, six of hand-propelled tricycles and eleven of wheelchairs are currently being purchased for issue by my Department: supplies of older models are also available. The type of powered tricycle issued is determined by my Department following a recommendation by a hospital consultant; the type of hand-propelled tricycle or wheelchair issued is normally that prescribed by the hospital consultant. These arrangements apply to all hospitals in England and Wales.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will now restore the allocation of money for school building to the county councils of Ross and Cromarty and Inverness, in view of the heavy arrears in their programmes and the dilapidation in many of the Western Isles schools in particular; and if he will make a statement of his intentions regarding increased allocation.

At present I can hold out no prospect of increased allocations.

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will take measures to increase and modernise the fishery protection fleet and services in the waters of the Western Islands and Highlands, to enable them to deal with illegal fishing operations and give better protection to the inshore fishing industry.

A very fair share of the protection resources available is devoted to combating illegal fishing operations off the Western Islands and Highlands, but I shall consider whether further measures are necessary.